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Whip Socket. No.106,998. Patented Sept. 6,1870.

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EDWIN GHAMBERLIN, OF LANSINGBURG, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN O.MARRIAM, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 106,998, dated September 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTJN- WHIP-SOCKET.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Teall whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN GHAMBERLIN, of Lab-I singburg, in the county of Reusselaer and State of New York, haveinvented a new and improved Mode of Constructing \Vhip Soekets; and I dohereby declare that thefollowing is a description thereof, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of asocket, embodying my invention.

Figure 2 represents a perspective view of the same in halves.

Figure 3 is a cross-section through lines No. 1, fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a cross-section through lines No. 1, in fig. 2. p

The nature of my invention consists in constructing in' halves, fromsheet metal, cast metal, or other suitable material, a whip-socket,which halves, when joined together and secured, will be capable of per?forming all the functions of a whip-socket, and in constructing such asocket thus made, almost any form or configuration can be given to itssurface lines. and a great variety of ornamentation can be applied,either when made from sheet metal orcast material.

To enable others skilled in the artto make and use this invention, 1will proceed to describe it in reference to the drawing and the lettersof reference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.

In the drawing- A, fig. 1, represents a whip-socket comprised of thehalves a and a. The said halves a and a are made of sheet 'or castmaterial, and are in form (or nearly so,diu a vertical view,)semicircles, as shown in figs. 3 an 4.

When the top and bottom rims are provided with clamping-jaws, O, as infigs. 1 and 3, at both the top and bottom, I would make the said halves,a a, alittle scant in its back, so as not to touch one another, asshown, while in front I would make the said halves full, so as to touchone another, as shown, and would draw or hold the same, together by-thescrews 0' of each pair-.of jaws.

Should the body A be constructed without the said jaws c, I would uniteand secure together the said halves a and a by rivets a: x, figs. 2 and4, passing through the ears 3 s, made on the rims e, which rivets woulddraw and hold together the said halves, and make the said sockets thesame in effect as if it was in one and a continuous piece, and, in sucha case, would prefer to use the clamping-arms and jaws invented andpatented by myself, to secure the socket thus made to the dash.

By this invention sockets can bemade very economically from sheet metalby stroking up the said halves under a drop, or from east malleableiron, and a variety of form .and ornamentation not convenient toassociate with a whip-socket, as now constructed, can be given.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

A whip-socket, and the jaws to attach the same to the carriage, formedin two pieces a, and a, secured together and to the carriage by the samescrews .or

rivets, substantially as shown and described.

' EDWIN OHAMBERLIN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN CHAMBERLIN, J r., J AMES 1. CLARK.

